GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 83.
THE EE©END OF DESHORE.
ICorrcßpondenco of tho Phlln. Evening Bulletin .1
Dushoxik, SunniVAN County, Pa., July
bth, I have recently made an excursion
into the Lehigh Valley. It is, as you know,
inhabited mostly by the Pennsylvania Dutch
and tlieir descendants,who have become more
or less Anglicized, but I found stories and
■ rerainiscenecs’of settlers dating still further
back. You will perhaps remember a very in
teresting narrative of the Moravians, anil a
history of their abandonedsettlement, “Guiy
denliutten,” located near the present site of
the beautiful village of "Wyahising, that ah
' peared in a recent number of the Atlantic
Monthly. Kow’there remains no vestige of'
those old American Crusaders except a beau
tiful meadow that bears their name, and a
\ modern “grocery” similarly dignified.
\ Bailroads and canals have tinished the work
of destruction commenced by the Indians on
the one side, and their bitter enemies,
the white settlers, upon, the other.
Finding it - impossible to enlist
either- party in their favor, they
(the Moravians) were forced: to leave their
homesteads,and travel “ cum impediment;*,'' to
what was then considered the far‘West. There
they met with no better fate, being, after a
brief period of prosperity, exterminated by the
suspicious white men. These reflections, which
- are -unavoidable when one looks upon that
beautiful part of the valley, cause one to feel,
in a peculiar way, tljat America, young as it is
: Ims not been exempt from those struggles tlial
constitute the history of the old world, and
that, too, to a greater extent than isi generally
appreciated.
While talking over these matters with a
member of one of the old patentee families, he
volunteered an explanation of the origin of the
rather striking name of an adjacent hamlet.
’ Itis spelt at present “ Dushore,” and when
any questions are asked as to its origin, the
“ oldest inhabitant" can only say that ft is the
name of “an old Frenchman” My friend’s
narrative, however, throws jail the necessary
light upon the subject, and surrounds it with a
romantic interest. The rough facts of the story
were as .follows:
In the latter half of-the eighteenth century
Admiral Du Petit Tho.uars, in the service of
tlie French monarchy, was stationed at the
Island of ,1 ava,as the naval representative ol Ins
government, while there,the re volution broke
out in Franco, and be was deprived of his
command in consequence, and became an
exile; Tlie Governor of the Island, however,
allowed him to go with Ins crew in search of
a new homes .'.and..they, selecting America as
their refuge, iiiade' their way thither, and
after many troubles succeeded* in settling in
tlie beautiful and fertile Lehigh Valiev, Tliere,
at a spot a few miles above Wyaliis'ing, they
-built their, village,, calliug .-it ,verv appropri
ately ■“Asylum.”; Witnfiv a few years, ’the
block-house which they built has been stand
ing, a 1 the ugh deserted imlf a century since;
Tlio sailors, it sti lus, went to work with a will
in constructing their new homes, and revelled
in the, to-.thein,novel experience of. freedom
lrom goremmeut; vlMjt, »as - has always
been the ease withsed-faringinon, they were
careless to a degree, and labored under tlie
impression, so common among settlers of the
better classes at that day, that all ’the luxuries
.of civilized life were the /spontaneous produce
- turns of the soil- Thia iulstake AdmiralDii
Petit Tiioiuussaw.aud Qiediu vain to correct;
until, disiiehrtened hv lack of success, and
fearing the min thatseemed imminent, he
removed albne to another spot, distant about
fifteen, miles, where he made a little clearing
and creetedhis own log homestead. However,'
althouglwlisgusted with the folly of his com
rades, he could not sever entirely the last ties
connecting him with Ids native laud. Could
."he'have done so, he would have been no
true Frenchman, and from all accounts,
there never existed * more patriotic and high
minded specimen of tbe“vienx regime,” as in
deed his suleequent action proves. It is a
subject worthy of contemplation. Tlie polished
representative of that most courtly aristocracy
that-tho—world-has over-seen,--wielding-his
. lonely axe iu the midst of the pathless woods
performing the most menial offices for himsel
and dedeeating one day in each week to a pil
grimage to his thoughtle* companions in
exile, who, unmindful of the future, laughed
at his warnings and thought to conquer a new
country by shouting “vogue la gal’ere,” and
drawing freely upon the limited stock of sup
' pUes which they liad brought with them. Bye
and-hye tlie country around them began to at
tract those iron-fisted veterans iu frontier life ‘
ami -warfare, who had been driven from more
Eastern locations from the ever-increasing
_ tide of immigration. They did not, scruple to
impose upon their light-hearted Gallic neigh
bors and encroach upon their rights,so that at
last ruin to the latter seemed imminent, No
doubt they then thought with feelings of
despair upon the ilift'erout position which they
might have occupied if the advice of their
leader had been complied with.
"While their fate had heen slowly approach
ing, matters in La Belle France had nofheen
by any means in a quiescent state. The “Lit
tle Corporal;” having successively become
Commandbr-in-Chief, First Consul and Empe
ror, was waging war against all Europe, and
with the sagacity which was so remarkable in
... him,"had won over many an able supporter by
proclaiming general amnesty to all exiled
Frenchmen who desired to serve under his
banner. When this news reached the little
band in northern Pennsylvania, is it to be
wondered at, that, glorying in the renown of
their'great fellow-countrymen, they hastened
to his side? Such, then, was the action of the
majority, and when we again hear of our old
acquaintance, the Admiral, ho is found light
ing liis vessel gallantly, broadside to broadside,
with the English in that conflict which, taking
place upon the sacred waters of the Nile, had
as much influence upon the history of Europe
as any ever fought within its boundaries, ex
cept Waterloo.
Shot completely in two by a cannon ball,he fell
doing liis duty like a h'renolnuau of tho olden
time, conscious of- a long line of ancestors
whose honor lie was intrusted with, and de
sirous of nothing more than an honorable
death whereby it might be augmented. If his
countrymen had been victorious, lie would
have been enrolled among tho many heroes to
whom Ms native land has given birth. Bein'*
. associated, however, with a foiled “adventu
rer” (although the greatest! that ever dignified
the name), lus memory and eventful history
have been forgotten, except among the old
families who succeeded him in the work of re
Claiming one of the richest tracts of territory
within the limits of tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. They have perpetuated his name
and that of his steward, Laporte, from whom
' this narrative originally came; but the former
is preserved in such a mutilated form that
there is danger of all remembrance ofthe ori
ginal being lost in course of time, a circum
stance tliat would deserve to be deplored by
all who take an interest in tlie little romance
that does exist in connection with the stern
.reality of the early history of their country.
Such was the story as told to me, and stand-!
ing, as we were, in full view of the surround
ing forests,.-, contrasting strongly with the
beautiful village before us,lt made a deep im
pression, deeper, than would have
been the case under otliyf circumstances.
—S. S. Cox, finding statues without iloses,
or legs, or breasts, or feet or heads, among the
ruinsofltalicn.in Spain, thinks it is hardly
worth while to be handed down to posterity
in marble. Brass, Ini thinks,'may do ver'v
well. Cox will be handed down, if at all.’lri
•Brass. ’ ' .
jtaljjoeiirag fhiiktra.
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THE UJIASIIABDIY OF THEKEPIIBMC.
TUc. Convention at Altoona, and Excur
sion to t'rcHson.
f Correspondence of the Pbila. Evening Bulletin. 1
correspond
ent left. Philadelpliia last evening with tlie
delegations of the Grand Army of the 'Repub
lic from Posts 8,19 and 71. The members were
dressed in dark clothes, fatigue caps and ap
propriate badges. The Philadelphia Drum
Corps accompanied them; and the men made
a most creditable appearance. On the same
train that bore the delegates from the Eastern
Posts : to Altoona . were scores of the
intelligent and : patriotic '' delegates
■to the Harrisburg Convention;: I
could not refrain from drawing a com
parisiqn between the soldiers and the men
who seemed so jubilant about the coming
nominee. The Grand Army is not political
yet i am glad to say the majority of them are
consistent, and their!interest is deeper in their
comrades and:the living issues of the hour'
thanin the memories of lost power or the de
sire for office.
This morning’s sun rose brilliantly over the
greeumountains and yellow valleys around this
delightful; town, As the different delegations
came in, old comrades met who Had been
parted for years, and -the hearty greetings
so peculiar to old soldiers were heard on
every side. Captain J. W. Curry, of Post 02
Altoona,vvelcomed the delegates from over
one hundred Posts in a neat and heartfelt ad
dress, to which Captain A. W. AVarris, of Post
19, replied on behalf of the members of the
Convention.
After breakfast the delegates assembled at
Lowtheris Hall, and after the credentials were
passed on, the Department Officers read their
Kcmi-nnnual reports. .
The address of Grand Commander O. B.Bos
by.shell was particularly fine, and was loudly
applauded. He congratulated the Grand Army
on its increase and strength. He denounced
the effort ma_de by partisans to make it a
political machine. He called on his comrades
to oppose this, and to look to good men, with
good principles, rather than mere names. He
said the great object of the Order was to Care
for the widow and orphan of the fallen com
rade; to aid the crippled or helpless soldier, and
to keep fresh the holy memories of the war,
forgetting, as far as possible, the bitterness en
gendered by the years of strife.
-The reports of A. A. Gen. Beath; A. Q. 31.
Alackay; A. I. Gen. Story, and Ass’t. Surgeon-
General Mitchell, showed'that the Order was
tlourisliing, and carrying out its gTeat work of
charity and patriotism.
After the adoption of the reports the Con
vention adjourned till evening, to take advan
tage of the special train so kindly provided by
tlie Pennsylvania Central Company, which
was to take them to' Orcsson. The Altoona
Silver Cornet Band accompanied the excur
sion, and added to the pleasure of the occasion-
Your correspondent has not the time nor the
ability to. describe. the scenery, the delightful
grounds at Cresson, or the cordial welcome
tendered the excursionists; suffice it to say, the
party returned to Altoona by «ippertiine,
thoroughly delighted. •
In the evening a secret session was held,
when, according to Instruction from the
tional Encampment, the ritual was changed.
\Ve must congratulate the Grand Army on
Hie success of the convention, the good'fel
lewship that prevailed among the members,
and the great good it appears to be ’doing
throughout the land. It.
Incidents of tlie Democratic Convention.
We gather the following paragraphs from
the columns of yesterday’s Harrisburg Tele
graph: r
—Within the past two days we havenoticed
several roblierics that have occurred in this
city. In addition to those heretofore noticed
we have heard of the following: Dr. Christy,
Of Hollidayshurg, was relieved of a pocket
book containing $25; J. L. McConnell, of
Waynesburg, Greene county, a pocket-book
containing $125; J. D. ClausS.of Carbon county,
ot $25.
—Shocking though it may appear, neverthe
less >‘the reporter of the Tribune,” as he in
formed ns, had his pocket picked attbeDemo
ciatic Convention yesterday. However, ho
had enough funds left to-day to purchase an
other .'‘card ease,” which the thieves had mis
taken for something more valuable. 1
—A Mr. Mickey some time during yesterday
was relieved of liis gold watch, and Patrick
Murphy was arrested on suspicion of haying
stolen it. Shortly after the watch was in some
mysterious manner returned to its owner, Who
refused to ax>pear against- Murphy. A note for
one thousand dollars, signed by a party in New
Castle, was found on tlie person of "Murphy,
and as a gentleman from Lawrence county
had lost a considerable sum of money, Murphy
was committed in default of $l,OOO bail for trial
at the next term of court to answer the charge
of robbery.
—Edward Magee and James Doniiellv, hail
ingfrom Pittsburgh, were arraigned before the
Mayor yesterday, on suspicion of being pro
fessional thieves. They were committed to
prison to await a further hearing.
—The loek-up lias been doing a flourishing
business during the past few days, and among
its occupants were members of the Cass and
Packer-clubs in attendance uiion the “grand
snake dance” on the bill.
—Champagne, whisky, cigars, &c., were
furnished “free grads, for nothing,” at the
Bolton House, last evening, to the Democracy
and their admirers. The hill will he footed.no
doubt, hv the successful candidate for the
Gubernatorial-nomination.
—Since our last report there were eight in
ebriated individuals' before the Mayor, who
were disposed of in the usual manner.
—Our streets were filled with drunken men
and boys last evening, “wlio made night
hideous” with their orgies. No doubt since
the adjournment of the Convention and tlio
departure of tlie attendant crowd,our city will,
resume its wonted quietness.
Great Fire at Blackfaot City, Montana.
Blackfoot City, June 30.—At the hour of
ten last evening, the fiendish incendiary plied
his torch to the haymow of a stable in the
southeast corner of the business portion of this
young city, and notwithstanding the early
discovery arid noble efforts of citizens and
miners Avho flocked en masse to the scene, the
principal business houses on both sides of the
main street were soon wrapped in flames, and
totally consumed in'rapid succession. Every
ertort to stay the progress of tlie flames wasj
unavailing, until the fire had- nearly reached •
the Cary House Block, when it was got under
control and the Cary House Block, with some
good buildings opposite, was saved. Those
who suffered from the entire destruction' of
their buildings, and in some instances the
burning of then - goods and merchandise, are
effi follows:
Smith & Pratton, livery stable, $2,000:0. H.
Newell,store and g00d5,53,500; Prank McCon
nell, blacksmith shop and dwelling, $2,000;
Aunt Betsy’s house, $100; St. Jo Hotel, J. B.
Wil3on,sViOO; Mis. McCabe, boarding house,
Wm.'Vv.aUhaiser, bakery and saloon,
“Montanar-Hide and Fur Company,
$1,000; Smith & Greene’s store, $2,000; E. P.
Lindsay, building and goods, $7,000; F.lt.BiU,
threo'-lnnldmgs; $i;500; A.' jr. J Hoitef! Tene
ments, $750. . ,
, The iollowingis alkt of losses from damage
in removal of goods, etc.: W. W. Higgins.
tMf°U^ N ‘i Birds £ ye ’ S 1 ’ 800 : J.K. Qufgley,
$200; B i eliar(lson& Co., $1,000; M, McFar
land, $1,500; Gary House, J. B. Wilson, $1,000:
John White, $800; E, Matlock, $000; John
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 16,1869.
'r®oo; Coleman, $400; Dr. Bourie, |
.. No doubt whatever is entertained as to it 6
being thework of an incendiary.— Cor.Ho-
porter, Corome, Utah.
THE ERIE- BAIIjEOAD
SLAUGHTER.
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE
CALAMITY.
APPALLING SCENES AND
INCIDENTS;
NAMES.OFTHE KILLED AND WOUNDED
[From tlio'Ncw York Herald of To.-du.yJf !
The lone, dismal arid bloody catalogue of
disasters that marks the history of the Erie"
Eailroad is made again to bear another Buri
den of human slaughter, in the record of one?
ofthe most unmitigated railroad murders the
public has heard or for some time. At mid
bight of Wednesday over a dozen human
beings were rushed headlong into eternity
through the awful living portals of fire, at a
place called Mast Hope, twenty-eight miles
west of Port Jervis, on the Erie Bauroad, by
the downright carelessness of the engineer, in
charge of a freight train, against which
the mull express from New York,
at ; hall-nast: six P. ,M., came in col
lision. The facts in a few sentences are
these:—The freight, train backed on a switch'
at Masthope depot to get out of the way of
the passenger train, but failed to get out fast
enough or far enough to avoid being struck by
the passenger train,for which the track should
nave always been kept clear. The engineer of
the ireiglit train, wjis, of course, responsible;
It is generally stated he was asleep at the time.
A terrific collision occurred, three or four cars
were burned, and in the laconic despatch of
the Associated Press, furnished by the rail- 1
road authorities, “some emigrants in the
smoking-car. some live or six in number,
were burned.” . Sucli.is the skeleton of this
fearful tale, making even in its faintest recital
the blood of men ran cold who know how to
realize over so vaguely the unpainted 1 horrors 1
of a railroad butchery. The battle-field is
mercy itselfto such a scene. The soldier sinks
on the sod with little to indicate the agony of
death , but the i>oor. victim of a Collision re-i
ceives no quarter, even aftey the.soul has left;
the body. With his limbs torn'asunder, arid
perhaps some little spark of tortured vitality
still remaining, the fatal stovri pours
out its' contribution to the work of
death and destruction and leaves no vestige:
of humanity behind save ; charred and>.black-'
ened bones. As usual, there was little thought'
of danger or of what lay in store for them
some one hundred miles ahead, on the 1 Erie
track, among the large and lively load of'.pas
sengers that left the long dock, at Jersey City, 1 '
at a quarter to seven oklock Wednesday eve
ning. The train was a full one, consisting, 1
with locomotive and. tender, of a mail and;
baggage car, smoking car, two day and four
sleeping Coaches; nine cars in 'all, carrying
nearly four hundred passengers. Perhaps •
not one ill: all that large, number of voy
«{/eurs recurred at tlie moment of starting to
Carr’s Bock, Milltown, the gorge at Elmira,or,
any of the other bloody landmarks thickly
strewed along this modern. Golgotha. Not
one, to all appearances, and least of all the
amiable, learned and ever genial gentleman, '
Bev. B. B. Hallock, of 329|East Fourteenth
street,who in a few short hours thereafter’
was transformed from flesli and conscious- 1
ness into a black and burnt mass of lifeless
bones. In the forward part of the smoking
<;ar over a score of emigrants seated them
selves in the later part or the evening, after
.most of those gentlemen who: had sleeping
/berths retired for the night arid threw'
their cigar stumps away. Several of the
emigrants—indulged—themselves in short
clay-pipes, while others threw themselves
into an attitude of sleep, and others
kept telling stories to pass a portion of
the mght away. The stay at Tunyir’s station
for .supper was no longer than usual. The switch
between tlie tracks at Milltown, a place of
unhappy reputation, was passed by in safety.
The conductor went up and down a few times,
to see that all was right, from the smoking-car
to tlie rear end sleeping-coach. The train was
speeding on its course at the rate of from
twenty to twenty-five miles an hour
AVifli a double track, wide, strong ears, new
couplings, a powerful locomotive, run
ning at a steady, splendid pace, the passen
gers felt that there was nothing to apprehend
hut a broken rail. Little reflection, however,
was given to that matter. The sleepers in the
rear coaches turned around for amoment and
fell away to slumber again. Every berth was
occupied. Governor Walker, of Virginia,and
Iris wife had a state-room,‘both hound for
Binghamton. While all were wrapped m
sleep, or in light, uneasy slumber, on hoard
the train, the emigrants in the smoking ear
even ceasing to talk, and the doors opening
only at long intervals for the conductor or
some restless member ofthe baggage corps to
pass through, and while tlio train was dashing
along with that speed of motion which leaves
the sensation on the ear of the passen
ger that, tlie wheels dance with a de
lirious revolution on tlie rail, tlie flick
ering light at the depot of Masthope hove in
sight around a long and easy curve and on a
1 heavy grade. The engineer had his practiced
eye on tlio alert at this particular point of the
road, not that it is in anywise as dangerous as
other portions, hut with an instinctive dread
of that horrible apparition—a freight train—
ielt more apprehension on the curve than if
he had to cross a shaky bridge a 100 feet high.
The second look he cast through the hull’s eye
window, an instant or two after he entered on
the curve, revealed the terrible fact to him
that sometliing huge, black and ungainly
was almost in liis immediate front, and
that Iris train was running with lightnirig
pace upon it. Another moment and
the headlight .of his locomotive illuminated
the rear ot the train ahead, while his ear
caught the sound of the rattle and jolt of a
long, loose freight train. Coolly he whistled
down the brakes, while at the same instant a
piercing scream went up from those who knew
too well, what that appalling token meant.
The precaution was ip vaiii. The great, heavy,
panting locomotive ■of the passenger train,
tearing forward in its course at. the speed of
_ over twenty miles an hour, struck the front of
the freight train as it shuffled lazily off on an
oblique switch towards' the depot, and
literally rearing up in air like a
mighty lion in ins rage, crashed
through the foremost iron wall of opposition
and then careened ovet ontho track as though
bereft of further strerigtli. The tender jumped
upon the prostrate engine, the mail express
struck against the wreck of iron, the baggage
ear against the express, the smoldug car ran
pellmell into the fearful ruin, and in less tijne
than it takes to say it the entire mass was in a,
blaze of tire. The shock was terrific. It
reached to the uttermost end - of tlio train in
all its intensity, shaking the. sleepers to their
feet, and appalling the stoutest Hearted men
..that, heard it;. ..Npjioplo.a* Jiffs,awtul.momeut„
tor the poor people in the smoking
car. Trucks were knocked from under bag
gage and express cam and stood locked
m combat, as it were,, upon the track. ; The
body of the baggage car lay at one side,. tho
express at the other, a passenger coach on toil,,
while thrown in confusion'botwcen them all
tossed, torn and blazing from floor to roof
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
was flie baggage car, with : its living freight
caught in the stern and fiery jaws of death.
Jets of fearful flame sprang upward from, the
wreck, or rushed bissiug.like: steam from an
escape pipe along the track and through the I
passenger coaches. It was a heartrending |
aiui awfully impressive spectacle to see the I
lug column of red and roaring flame tear- i
ingthrough the woodwork antimelting away a I
dozen human forms without a soul under |
Heaven being capable of stretching forth ail
•ivni to the rescue.. Death,-..however, (lid its
chief share of havoc before applying the torch
to,finish its ghastly work; but horror of lior
lorsf what a fate was that reserved for poor
Dr. Halloek. Not a scratch marked him when
the collision occurred. He was in the fore
most sleeping coach, and was violently pitched
forward into the tangled mass of broken wood
work, but.received; no: injury, ~Worse than
injury, however, h£ found, himself,. in all
jus strength and sensibility, locked up in
the heavy beams that made the floor frames of
the dismantled cars. The dreadful fire from
beneath flared up suddenly around him. 3len
with blanched and bewildered faces, stood
upon the track or rushed frantically to and fro,
erring, “Is there no help .for :Dw Halloek?”,
The fire shot out with the intensity of a fur-’
nace, and triumphantly defied any man to
approach and rescue. the victims within’ its
grasp. Above the cracking roar the firm and'
intrepid voice of the doctor,'in the midst of,
Ills remarkable agony, was lieardto-exclaim to
the men around the scene, “l am not injured :
but I cannot escape.” ;! ; .• i ,
All that could be done by the people of Mast
Hope, who flocked to the depot .to give assist
ance, failed to save the ill-fated doctor; hut iti
is at least consoling to know that he went'
down to his appalling doom with all the lofty
attitude and resignation of a' Christian. But
the doctor was not alone in this calamity.. A
man named Daniel Baur was jammed and
burned to death in a similar manner, and
Erastus Wheaton was injured in one of liis.
feet. v ,
At nine o’clock in tlie morning, after great
exertions, six burned bodies were rescued
from tlie ruins of the smoking car, and at noon
.of yesterday a passenger by the midday train
reported thirteen charred bodies lying along
the track. There were, comparatively few
wounded. Flying sidinters were rare, aud the
terrific force and suddenness of the shock left
nothing to accept Imt instant death for those,
near the point of collision. Some of the train ;
"men on tlie express were hurt hut none killed.
Out of 150 pieces of baggage only eleven were
saved;, the remainder ,was destroyed or
ground up in the wreck. .Confirmation of the
accident was immediately telegraphed to : the i
officers of the Krie Bailway; in this city, wlio'
gave orders- to have a. train.made. up to convey }
surgeons to tlie scene of disaster, and to take'
the - necessary articles along for alleviating!
suffering. , Nearly all the through mail matter:
was destroyed; the way mails ware saved. ’
The track was cleared for trains before noon;
yesterday.:. - ; ;
. Among, others on the train were Mn. ;
Black, wife of Professor Black, and sister of i
Mrs. Aaron lung, of Pateisoil, N. J. She was
accompanied:; by two -.'children. Professor,
Gould and General Superintendent Kucker'
went "up to visit the.scene on tke , 'Bufl'alo ex-i
press yesterday morning. Five s of the injured l
persons were reipoyed to Port Jervis, where!
every attention/was given them. .! , 1
Tlie latest Accounts ol* tlie Disaster.!
The latest particulars gleaned-on the scene"
of the disaster, near midiiight last evening,'
gave the ensuing version arid cover the names
and addresses of most of those wlio were killed
and wounded.
Extra freight train No. 39 hail been tele-;
graphed to wait at Masthope for the passing of
trains No. 7 and 3 (both passenger). The en
gineer, Griffin, backed into the side track and
went to sleep, and in the meantime train No.
7 passed. The engineer got up, apparently
asleep, and turned on the throttle. The fire
man asked him what he was about, but before
he had time to answer the engine of train No.
3 collided with that of No. 39, hitting it. just for
ward of the tender. The passenger locomotive
overturned completely, scattering'the fire
through the splintered wreck, which.speetlily
ignited and blazed uplnto a brilliant confla-,
gration. The engineers and firemen on both
trains escaped with slight injures, though how
they escaped they are themselves unable to
tell. The passenger train consisted, besides
engine’s tender, of one mail car, two baggage
cars, one smoking car, one day passenger
coach and four sieeping.coaches. When the
collision occurred the Tear baggage car
telescoped with the smoking car, smashing
into and about half way through it. The pas
sengers in this ear were principally German
emigrants, bound to tbe West. NearlyVill the
passengers in the smoking ear were either
killed outright or were so jammed up in the
debris of the wreck as to render their escape
impossible, and they met death in its fnost hor
rible and agonizing form by tbe demon of fire.
Only four or five passengers are known to
have escaped from this car, and the probability
is that twelve or fifteen persons were burned
The remains of seven bodies were taken
from the ashes, but nothing remains ' of them
save, a few charred hones, and portions of the
trunks of two or three are not entirely con
sumed.
A German, who lives near the scene of tlie
disaster, was aroused by the engineer of the
train, and .saw the flames when they first hurst
forth. As he approached the wreck lie states
that lie heard screams issuing from the burn
ing ear, but only of short duration.
Bev. B. B.Halloclc, a Uni versa list preacher
of this city, in company with his brother-in
law, a gentleman residing in Syracuse,whither
they were going, was uninjured by the colli
sion, hut his feet were fastened in such a man
ner as to render liis extrication impossible,and
he mot. death'calling Upon his friends “for
God’s sake to help him, as he was not injured,
hut only fast.” Notwithstanding the efiorts
made to release him the flames reached him,
and nothing now remains of him save the
head and trunk, shrivelled and shrunken, his
legs and arms having been completely burned
off.
Among the burned was a German woman,
and her two. children. A German emigrant,
named David Baer, was also burned.
The remains of the soven bodies that were
taken from the ashes were found in a space of
ten feet.; There is nothing by which they may
Derecognized. They were placed on. a pjat
iorm along,.the track and covered up with
blankets, awaiting the arrival of the Coroner
for an inquest. They were then forwarded to
Fort Jervis.
Among three or four who were rescued
from tlie wreck was Mr. Jolm Flowers, of this
city, who_states that there wore, as ho thinks,
some twelve or fifteen passengers ahead, .ot"
him in the smoking car, and he thinks not one
escaped.
tjST OF THE DEAD.
Bev. D. B. HaUpck, of New York city.
J David Baer, German emigrant.
German woman and two children, name 3
unknown. , >
Several other charred bodies were not
identified, , ,
The overturned locomotive of the passenger
tram set fire also to the depot building at
Mast Hope, which was entirely destroyed.
None of the passengers were hurt except
those in the smoking car. • ......
fc , bIST OF THE WOUNDED.
Charles Baer, 'German emigrant, traveling
Vest,.only. slightly<4mured; --Hisfalther, Da
yid Baer, was Killed outright and burned in ’
the sniolang-car.,
! Gotfried : Grans, German emigrant, small
bone in leg broken; no other serious injuries. '
I). "SVent-worth,"bruised in back and inter-i
hally hurt,'but it 1 is believed, not seriously;
lie resides at Kandolph, N. Y. -
' John Flowers; ox New York City, .bound!
' for La CroW, Wis.; bruised and injured hi
back, not dangerously/ ■: ...
- John Hunt, leg broken below tlie knee; he
was jammed in between the seats and held
last until the flames had almost reached him]
and was dug out and rescued from the wreck
at the last moment by the bystanders. He 'rei
sides at \\ aterford, N. Y.
The above were sent down to Port Jervis
and were provided with accommodations at
the Delaware House, where they are receiving
every necessary care and attention. . •, ;
In addition to the ?ibov<s the tbllowini* train
men v eie injured: David .Smith, flagman on
freight tram, slightly .hurt: I.\. D. Scliiiyler, ex-
cut on forehead and slightly
AH the ears of tlie passenger train were
burned, except the last three sleeping coaches,
The mails in the Post Office, car were par/
destroyed. . The express ckr was burned;
with all except what .were contained in the
sates. Amongthe contents burned were three
boxes ot . United Mates ; internal revenue
stamps, and other valuable miscellaneous ex
press matter. The passengers on the ill-fated
train, with the railroad employes present, did
everything to extinguish the flames, and made
every eflort possible to rescue the unfortunate
Victims of the collision from the burning
wreck.; They succeeded in rescuing some, as
above stated, aud they Mso succeeded in saving
three of tlie sleeping coaches and about, one-;
Half of the mails. Tlie engineer of the freight'
tram, Janies Griffin, acknowledges, it is un-i
derstoou, that ho had been asleep, hut he says
lie thought he heard a signal from the flagman
to move on.
As soon as the news of the accident reached;
Port Jervis the wrecking-train was sent to the'
scene of .the disaster, and afterwards a special 5
train, with physicians arid others, to attend to;
the wants of the injured. Passenger’trains'
Eastward beund were detained for some hours'
until tbe traekwas cleared. Nothing remains
ot the wreck except the wheels, axles and iron '
used in the construction of the cars, tlie fire- 1
having Completely destroyed the woodwork'
and furniture,
, A jury was empanelledjresterday afternoon
by the Justice of the Peace at Mast Hope.
The jury went through with the' formality of
Viewing the bodies and adjourned; the iriquest
until one o’clock to-day, •at !Lacka%vaxan.
Tliomas Coffee was engineer of.the passenger
train, and Henry Smith conductor. . “ ,
CUBAN REVOLUTION.
DEFEAT OF A BODY OF SPANISH
MARINES. .
Reorganization of C üba n
Forces,
.Havana, July l2, via 'Key ;West, Juiyj-i, i
1880.—General' Poello, at’ the hbad of' 300'
Sxianisb marines; was atfaeked 'bv a-forceof)
patriots near Baca, akmaU town situated bn ;
-.thesame MyasNuevitas, and mot' far from'
that city. }
.. The. marines were forced to .fall hack upon i
-Aheyihis,. sv;ith.a, -jqss., of, eighty, ; including!
; GeneralPoello.lailea.": / i
' Havana,' July 13; 'ria Kw West/ July 15, ‘
1809.—Advices frorii Nuevitas ,tb ! tlie 10thre-;
port that tlie cholera was diminishing," but;
tliat the vomito had appeared .among the '
treojis.
: According to the new organization of the;
gatriot forces there,are fo.be only two . Major-j
enerals in the aririy, of whom General Jor- 1
dan is one, and holds command of the entire
Eastern or Bayamo Department, wliile Gen
eral Ignacio Agramonte is tlie other, in com
mand ot the Central Department.
The Sxianiards are endeavoring to. ignore
the manner in which their detachment of sol
diers was recently captured at Sabana Nueva.
It is rumored that General Quesada has or
dered the officers shotin retaliation for the ex
ecution of patriot prisoners. ■
Further particniars of the tight near 'Baga
have been received. The Spanish force num
bered 500 marinas, who were surprised by sev
enty insurgents under Francisco Castillo, am
buseaded behind palm groves., Both sides
sustained a spirited fire for half an hour. The :
marines, being afraid of the machetes carried
by the Cubans, refused to obey an order to
charge bayonets, and the insurgents, despite
the superior numbers of the enemy, fretired
across an open field in perfect order, firing in
full view- of the Spaniards, and inflictingse
vere loss upon them. But one patriot was
wounded. Tho marines fell hack upon Nuevi
tas, so exhausted by the effects of the climate
that many of them were carried into the city
on stretchers.
General Letona has ordered Lieutenant
Medina to be shot at Puerto Principe.
In the wood surrounding Puerto Principe
thonsanils of insurgents are concentrating and
are only waiting to he armed with the Pea
body breech-loading' rifles, with bayonets, to
assume offensive oi>eratious.
r Tinker (?) is alive.
Holtlquin, one of the insurgent leaders, in
tends to go to tbe United States for the pur
pose of bringing back a force of Americans',
Intelligence from Santiago de Cuba td to#
Bth iust. reports fighting going On at a pcunt
thirty miles distant from that city. The pa
triots were strongly entrenched.
Major-General Jordan bad joined the
Cubans under General Figuereloy and now
commands a large force.
Tlie Governor of Baracoa was -actively en
gaged in burning property and killing all who
fell into his hands.
Seae Oil Seized. —The Custom House offi
cials seized, this morning, between 80,000 and
90,000 gallons of seal oil, imported here from
Harbor Grace, N. E., and consigned to George
B. Ironside and Itichard P. Currie, of New;
York, bn a charge that it had been invoiced at
less than its true valuation. About 1,100 bar
rels of this is the cargo of brig Alexander Wil
liam, which arrived last week, and was in the
hands of the consignees. Smallor lots from
three cargoes previously imported were seized
in the factories of the purchasers, Messrs.
Hastings & Co., George. Delano & Co., and
Samuel Leonard, Jr., wlioyof course, bought 1
it in good faith of the Iriiporters. There has
been considerable talk and some excitement in
business circles in relation to the aflair. Wo
understood that two cargoes in Boston were ,
also seized to-day, but that the recent importa
tions at New York, it is stated, were invoiced
correctly.—Yew Bedford Standard, Wednesday.
—An ignorant fellow, who was about to get
married, resolved to-make himself perfect in
the responses of the marriage service; hilt by
mistake he learned: the office of baptism for
those of - riper years. So when tlie clergyman
asked him in the church; “Wilt 'thou have
this woman to be thy wedded wife?” the bride
groom replied In a solemn tone:
“I renounce them all.”
The astonished'minister said, “I think yon
are a’fool;” te.which he replied:
. “All this J steadfastly believe.” ~
—St. John,, N. 8., js going to indulge in tlie
luxury of a horse railroad. Only six cars are
’to be run, arid they are open only: at one end,
so that no conductor is required. '
—A man in London follows fho oceuiintion
.of “professional introducer,”. ,
: —rCouut Plater has received‘ from the coin-:
munal authorities of RappersWij in Switzer-,
laud, the offer. of a room m tlio ancient castle ,
of .that 'town for the Polish Historical Mik
suetuu, of which he is the founder.
F. L. FETHEMfON. j?aWista.
PRICE THREE CENTS
i •• *.y.' MS- V.' i 'f Hf. ; .,
FACTS ASD FAirciKS, \
‘ . [From tho Galaxy.|!
On a Cast ofTcnnyMonDfHnurfl
Tj: wge for his dainty work; to. draw frons .Life
its latent music, by magnetic s\Vay, "* *
And.pulse that throbs with love: its bsmen
strife, ,
_ With Beauty’s subtle melodies o'er lay
In dreamful consecration; yet, perchance;,’ *
inis is transcendent Mature—-to-combine’’
with gentle touchy and thug, enve
Both will and love; How WondrOtis fitan '
ana.nne * s
brnin’s neerless instrumont--itlsO h'ihar
,T^dde* at 1 WeSSed aU » attd
Jargess over sea and land r ,
a To clasp the hand of poets Is our pride ■ ' -
And noble joy; and we will fondly keep 1
Tins laureate across tho
deep* . .
Bello Boyd is sick in San Francisco; ■ •
—The of Chicago is Swiss by birth;.
~ —They bave: a twenty-five foot snake sensa
tion in the vicinity of liima, Ohio, i v
in his “Judaism in Music,'” call*
Oflenbach “a calamity.” '
—Chicago has a paper edited bv ghosts. It
s conducted with spirit; ... - . ~
c r ~ Misssssi l>pi expects a $40,000,000 cotta*.
Dr. Walker lias taken to correspond- -
‘-,Edwin Booth has leased the Boston,Thesn
tre tor another year for SIC,pOO
' ■—Pittsburgh lips; increased the number of
/wantsa pcal-liouse and a citv
park, and wants to'annex the suburbs.,;
—Bubinstein lias bad the rank of nobilitv
conferred upon Him, and can' now preface' his
nanus with a <le. . . > 1
T —The Impress Eingenieintends to establish a,
Josephine Order, which'is to be conferredbn
ladies of eminent virtue, ami merit.
'VrrV*!®* if-excited ovei- 'tlie efForf.S tiiakiriff
tobrmb; again into general use the old triple
Welsh harp,- ,
V ““-IJichavil Coker; the boy singer, having ■
:lost_ Ins soprano / voice, is. .studying, for‘ : the
Italian opera.; , • v
' .—The John Hull sa.vs one of the sons of the
Viceroy of Egypt is about to be entered as a
student at Oxtovd, . •
Tliomns’s, said by the
..yrChestruXo be;touf or five hours long; “and
is heaty aiidW'eafifuii'tVitll the exception of
passages lightened by the genius of ‘Ophelia.’ ”
- —Moli<lne,>s welt' as 'Rossini; left a mke
botoiweffe, wliicli wuil be ptoduced at a concert
in London soon. It Was:Written fop t j,pchurch
ofSibAloyainseinthatcity;; ; ii i- :
' —Judge i Theiird; of the Fourth District
Court ot Louisiana, has decided that the coif
fedenic.y was, arfe/cct(»'government, fßutthen
.hJSbpnupnip of conseaupncpy/
,•rt-lhe Kew VorH;;®«r.'says:' '‘‘lf Susan B.
jAnthony only know as much as she talks—
gracious, tliereM be no earthly chance for
mer 6 Soloraons:” ; : «
bpeak in high terras of How
Joseph;Scluld: a tgnor of thoT}resden Opera,
who lias beerif “•starring” inLeipzig in stick
parts as <!; Arnold ” in milium Tv)l, \mt who
r excels, it is said, in; oyatofio music.
‘ —ln Saii. Francisco there is an ■ Italian bos- i
Pita*; a splendid as well :as,convenient edifice. 1
Wliich rises on.tlio most beautiful and elevated
timi the city, built. by voluntary subscripr
' —• British Historical Commissioners
have appointed four traveling deputies—one
each for England,lreland, Scotland and Wales
to visit country houses - and ' report as 1 to
whatever literary treasures in ay be found. ;;
—ln Indiana five thousand two hundred and
ninety-two miles of railwayare comph<led.or
projected. The estimated valiio of railways
pr^euted is of \ /
—The'hestr ballet irßuropo is to be seen at . /
the Vienna theatres. 'Formerly Italy fur- /
nished the best dancers, but as a rule the Gef
man queens of the ballet are now the most
popular; , ; 1 .
—The Orc/iestra hears that Mr. Boucicault
and Mr. Webster have come to anunderstand
ing intended to secure a large theatrical mo
nopoly. If this agreement is carried out,' no
less than four London theatres; will come
under their hands. ; . ,
—Bose Hersee, who is coming to this coun
try to eing in Farepa’s English opera troupe,
will make her debut hi Hoimambuiai She is
to have $3OO a week salary, in gold, all her
traveling expenses and a private carriage.
She is said to be young aiid beautiful, and a.
brilliant vocalist, too.
—The Melbourne Argus siiys: There' ap
pears to he something in the circumstances
andsooial condition of Victoria that makes •
American humor especially popular here;.
Most of the productions of recent American.
humorists—such as Artenius Ward,. Orpheus
C.. Kerr, Mark Twain and others—have been-.-
reprinted here, and find a large sale.
—The King of Bavaria lately liad Lohengrin
performed for his oWn special behoof. Tho
representation began at ten o’clock in thq
morning, the theatre was brilharitly illumt—
nated, and the orchestral players bad to ap>,
pear in dress coats and white ties. Tristmiuni!
Isolde was to be given last week in the ssune-..
.manner. -.... iV-.■
' —White Pine rejoices in a poetess named:
Williamson. Her latest effusion is pronounced!
by a local paper “a wonderful production*,
grander in conception and sweeter; in_dotayi
than anything we have read for many ajdayJ
It sounds on the' soul with a tone akin tp tliak
which heats upon the: ear when 1 soft rnusiot
floats from afar over still waters.” V
—Nilssen made a triumphant success, *i*
“Ophelia,” despite the general dullness ortho
opera. In the song amid the watexdilies-,, as
she floats away—the chorus singing d botteka
fermce, with harp accompaniment behind-the
scenes—the house became thoroughly en
thusiastic, and the excitement, iwas. intense.
Nilssen .was called three times boitoo tlia
curtain.
. —Doctor Ba'lim, a celebrated, Carman sur
geon, has just performed the operation oi v
-separating two female children, five years of
age, who were joined together-in tno samo
manner as the Siamese twins: The German
papers stato that the operation was attended
. xvith perfect success; but one of the patients
seems to have died the same day. : Thosurviyoc 7
is in good health. ; '
—Jaiiies Jewsenbury, of Newark; is the
name of the devout Christian who wants:'all ;
good people to pray that the Lord'will put-a
flaming scar across.tho heavens next • Christ
mas to eonyi,noo every infidel that the Bible is
His inspired word, Without waiting, £j>r, ac
cord of action fmm bis contemporartfis, 'Mr.
Jewsenbury has set about the business on his
ownaceount. 7 ; V
—The hat that General Lyon
time ho was Billed, is now in poesesslonjof a,
tailor, in Springfield,. Missouri. At was ob», - _
tained several ’months since from a man ty.
the nauie of Layton, who was a soldier in tho.-
'rcbeliinnyjatWilsonCreokvandwhopicbed. *
up the bat immediately, after General Lyonia.
Ijody was removod from whore it fell. Laytoi* \
gave the,hat to his mother, directing her to
oep it until lie' should call for it. He- con
tinued in the rebel service until the, war ended,
Whbn again it.Cam.f- into'’ his possession, and
Ivj sold it to its present owherTer a flftj'-dolUc. ’ ' *
Baitefclothes. . ' - -’’ ~ • M-.
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